If you walked outdoors this morning and didn't feel the immediate prickle of sweat form on the back of your neck, it may be because today's high is a frigid 80 degrees. The record heat wave began to break yesterday afternoon, but with temperatures in the 90s, it was tough to notice a discernible difference unless you crammed that package of frozen spinach down your pants. The AP spotted a man in Times Square selling spray bottle/fan combos for $30, $15 more than he bought them for, while a tourist from Scotland sought shelter in the Theater District: "I told them I don't care what we see. Getting inside and getting cool, that's the idea." Presumably she continued: "Except Mamma Mia. I'll eat a bowl of chili in a Russian bath house before I see Mamma Mia."
ConEd's goal was to restore power to the 2,700 people in Brooklyn and Queens who lacked it by 11 p.m. yesterday, but according to the Daily News only 1,455 of those customers still were without power by 4:30 p.m. "We hate to see any of our customers lose power, and we understand the distress that comes from it," a spokesman told the paper. Thankfully they're not distributing dry ice anymore, so people's children and pets are a degree safer.
